I mean I could fit it with liquid nail, I'm always a DIY kind of person.

But at 2k, made me think twice about voiding the warranty.

If one of the drivers happens to fail. I'm a gonna, as driver are pretty much impossible to source.

Audeze hasn't been around long enough for me to gamble with the life expectancy of drivers.

I also notice the wire connecting the mini 4 pin XLR connectors to the actual driver are like the one found in $12 12cm Fan. Red & black, very odd wire selection for a 2K headphones -_-..... What's the point of using expensive aftermarket cable...

I mean I could fit it with liquid nail, I'm always a DIY kind of person.

But at 2k, made me think twice about voiding the warranty.

If one of the drivers happens to fail. I'm a gonna, as driver are pretty much impossible to source.

Audeze hasn't been around long enough for me to gamble with the life expectancy of drivers.

I also notice the wire connecting the mini 4 pin XLR connectors to the actual driver are like the one found in $12 12cm Fan. Red & black, very odd wire selection for a 2K headphones -_-..... What's the point of using expensive aftermarket cable...

Contact Audeze technical support and ask them what glue they use. I think its very likely they will advise you on what to buy.

If I have to explain it... save your money and go Alpha. Pot is infinite choices, potential for imbalance down low, stepped is fixed steps, no imbalance but only 24 choices for volume. Stepped on anything but low gain isn't much fun.

Thanks Solude and commtrd. So the sound difference between the two is just some hifi non-sense? :p

I actually want to get the GS-X for full sized headphone like LCD 3 and HD800. But if it can drive my CIEMs, that would be even better. So for CIEMs, I guess I should definitely stay with POT? But imbalance in volume for CIEMs is the last thing I want

That's very bad for $2000. You should contact Audeze to have them pay the shipping for you.

I highly doubt they would pay for shipping. I think Audeze charges at least $40 USD = $50 AUD after international & paypal fee. I got quote from Auspost ($152 AUD to ship to US with insurance for $2000). Well I'll try contacting Audeze see what they say.